diff --git a/distrib/sparc/miniroot/Makefile.inc b/distrib/sparc/miniroot/Makefile.inc
index ed52024ca773..f5b2de4c14a4 100644
--- a/distrib/sparc/miniroot/Makefile.inc
+++ b/distrib/sparc/miniroot/Makefile.inc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-#	$NetBSD: Makefile.inc,v 1.26 2017/01/24 18:04:04 christos Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile.inc,v 1.27 2017/02/09 18:15:07 joerg Exp $
 
-IMAGESIZE=	9500k
+IMAGESIZE=	9600k
 DBG=		${${ACTIVE_CC} == "clang":? -Oz -fomit-frame-pointer : -Os } -fno-unwind-tables
 
 MAKEFS_FLAGS+=   -o density=4k
diff --git a/distrib/sparc/ramdisk/Makefile b/distrib/sparc/ramdisk/Makefile
index 93f3618f2396..eacc19f7551f 100644
--- a/distrib/sparc/ramdisk/Makefile
+++ b/distrib/sparc/ramdisk/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.42 2016/02/27 18:52:51 joerg Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.43 2017/02/09 18:15:07 joerg Exp $
 #
 # ramdisk.fs is the microroot filesystem intended for use with
 # the INSTALL kernel. It provides just enough tools to extract the
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 .include "${NETBSDSRCDIR}/distrib/common/Makefile.distrib"
 
 IMAGE=		ramdisk.fs
-IMAGESIZE=	1800b
+IMAGESIZE=	2000b
 
 WARNS=		1
 DBG=		${${ACTIVE_CC} == "clang":? -Oz -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-unwind-tables : -Os }
diff --git a/sys/arch/sparc/conf/INSTALL b/sys/arch/sparc/conf/INSTALL
index 8d2a9815336d..904dbebc558e 100644
--- a/sys/arch/sparc/conf/INSTALL
+++ b/sys/arch/sparc/conf/INSTALL
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$NetBSD: INSTALL,v 1.95 2016/12/13 20:42:20 christos Exp $
+#	$NetBSD: INSTALL,v 1.96 2017/02/09 18:15:07 joerg Exp $
 #
 # from: NetBSD: GENERIC,v 1.84 1999/06/06 13:00:03 mrg Exp
 #
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ options 	MEMORY_DISK_IS_ROOT	# force root on memory disk
 options 	MEMORY_DISK_SERVER=0	# no userspace memory disk support
 ## The miniroot size must be kept in sync manually with the size of
 ## the `ramdisk' image (which is built in distrib/sparc/ramdisk).
-options 	MEMORY_DISK_ROOT_SIZE=1800	# size of memory disk, in blocks
+options 	MEMORY_DISK_ROOT_SIZE=2000	# size of memory disk, in blocks
 options 	MEMORY_DISK_RBFLAGS=RB_SINGLE	# boot in single-user mode
 
 pseudo-device	md			# memory disk device (ramdisk)